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RUBENS Pieter Paul
Son of Jan Rubens, a lawyer of Flemish origin and Maria Pypelynckx, Pieter Paul was born in June 1577 in Siegen in Westphalia and he spent his childhood in Cologne where his father had fled with his family to escape the Spanish persecution against Protestants....
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ROSA Salvator
Neapolitan painter, engraver, satirical poet and theatrical actor , born in Arenella near Naples; Rosa was the son of a lawyer, Vito Antonio De Rosa, and Giulia Greco, who foresaw for him law studies or, alternatively, an ecclesiastical career. For this reason, at the early...
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REMBRANDT Harmenzoon Van RIJN
A Dutch painter and engraver, he is generally regarded as one of the greatest European painters and the most important in the history of Dutch art. His period of activity coincides with what historians have referred to as 'the Dutch golden century'....
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RIBERA Jusepe de
Spanish painter and engraver, son of the shoemaker Simone de Ribera and Margherita Cuco, he was most likely trained in Valencia under the guidance of the painter Francisco Ribalta....
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RENI Guido
Emilian painter, draftsman and engraver, son of Daniele, musician and choirmaster in San Petronio, and Ginevra Pozzi. His father wanted him to be studying music, but Guido, still very young, already expressed a natural talent for drawing....
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RAIMONDI Marcantonio
Marcantonio Raimondi was the greatest engraver of the early Italian Renaissance. He was the interpreter and propagator of Raphael's works. According to ancient sources, he was born in Sant'Andrea in Argine near Bologna. Actually, this locality has never existed in the Bolognese territory and it...
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